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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 30/09/2026

At an event held by the MAHA Institute, RFK Jr said he wanted the federal government to feed Americans' private health data to AI to find evidence to support his anti-science ideology. He also said AI can make “better-informed” decisions than doctors, despite AI’s reputation for hallucinations.

News alert graphic featuring a photo of RFK Jr. against a data center background, with a headline reading "RFK Jr. wants to feed your private health data to AI"

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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The Trump administration blocked the Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium from reapplying for funding, terminating at least 2 clinical trials for children's brain cancer treatment.

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Roland Hatzenpichler @environmicrobio.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

One of the most neglected, least understood, and willingly ignored concepts in microbiology is how fast cells grown in their native habitat. We just extrapolate from cultures, which is unrealistic. I wish I could get funds to measure growth in a bunch of habitats and do some foundational work ;(

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Kelly Hereid @kellyhereid.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Science is a part of your brain you just don't turn off. In an $80 Motel Room, a Discovery to Shed Light on the Origins of Life 🎁 link www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/s...

Sciencing the shit out of this motel room

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Simonetta Gribaldo @sgribaldo.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Interested in #archaea, #methane, #cell-envelopes? New paper out @nature.com ! We discovered an enzyme that specifically cleaves the cell wall of methanogens, revealing a new chemical structure of archaeal peptidoglycan, 50 yrs after its first description www.nature.com/articles/s41... #MicroSky 🧵👇

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H. B. Beryl Rappaport @hbrappap.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Our description of fire amoeba, 𝘐𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘦𝘣𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴, is now online at Cell! Thanks @oliverio.bsky.social and amazing team for questioning the limits of eukaryotes! 🔥 www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

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A geothermal amoeba sets a new upper temperature limit for eukaryotes

The amoeba Incendiamoeba cascadensis demonstrates that eukaryotic life can withstand temperatures beyond what was thought possible and sheds light on molecular strategies for survival in extreme heat.

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 22/09/2026

We fixed that

Excerpt from a press release reporting how Stand Up for Science briefed U.S. lawmakers about the Guinea‑Bissau’s CDC‑funded newborn Hepatitis B vaccine trial and convinced the US government to not proceed amid ethical and child‑safeguarding concerns.

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Andre the Chemist @andrechemist.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

It's a shame no chemist ever came up with the idea to say "I'm working on something that might kill all of humanity, so please give me several billion dollars so I can stop myself" That feels like something that should've been right up our alley

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Roland Hatzenpichler @environmicrobio.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I love me some Fermi problems! However, there are no good instructions on how to use them in classes. So I wrote it up! If you read this it, you will finally learn the answer to the question 'How much phosphorous is released each day by viruses lysing Prochlorococcus cells?' tinyurl.com/2njt9r8h

A manuscript title stating 'Better roughly right than precisely wrong: Fermi problems in biology curricula'

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Roland Hatzenpichler @environmicrobio.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Join us at the "2027 Applied and Environmental GRC: Mechanistic Microbiology for a Complex World" July 18-23, 2027 and GRS "Mechanistic Microbiology Beyond the Model Organism" July 17-18. Applications are open! @thuls.bsky.social and I put together an awesome schedule! www.grc.org/applied-and-...

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2027 Applied and Environmental Microbiology Conference GRC

The 2027 Gordon Research Conference on Applied and Environmental Microbiology will be held in South Hadley, Massachusetts. Apply today to reserve your spot.

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Roland Hatzenpichler @environmicrobio.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

“Over two days in June, Emily Aguilar-Pine drove 2,500 kilometres from Bozeman, Montana, to Austin, Texas, with one of microbiology’s most coveted organisms in the back of her mother’s SUV.” Find out what she grabbed from my lab in the article 😂

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Roland Hatzenpichler @environmicrobio.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

It should go without saying that this is against the congressional mandate.

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Roland Hatzenpichler @environmicrobio.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Gmail in 2026: spam ad by random newly founded biotech company gets into inbox. NASA from a .gov address and email by state police account go into spam.

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 14/09/2026

There's A LOT of ways the Trump admin is currently attacking & decimating American science. Here's a breakdown of what they are doing, and what you can do about it. 🧵

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JW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I don't know if Matt Levine's theory about what's behind recent calls for AI regulation is correct. But it does sound plausible! www.bloomberg.com/opinion/news...

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Roland Hatzenpichler @environmicrobio.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The new NSF letter is catastrophic. It shifts NSF towards applied research (which is NOT NSF’s mandate), will funnel money to business and away from universities, promises to push even more money to AI, and policital appointments can overrule entire panels. Also, golden tickets overruling everything

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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Here is the most important part, the mechanism that allows political appointees to override expert consensus on whether a proposal should be funded, so that the money can instead be directed to via a shell corporation to cocaine and yachts just like every other Trump venture.

Funding Mechanisms. The NSF merit review process remains the gold standard of grantmaking, but other models exist that may be better suited to identify particular types of meritorious research activities, such as projects that span disciplinary boundaries.1 NSF will experiment with various proposal review mechanisms, such as providing "Golden Tickets" that empower individual reviewers to champion exceptional proposals that may not survive panel consensus; employing distributed review to reduce administrative burden and speed time to decision; and developing new measures to identify and support novel research.2 Our goal in this experimentation is to surface high-potential ideas that may be too divisive for committee consensus and to attract higher-quality reviewers by empowering them to exercise independent scientific judgment, while ensuring every funded proposal meets a level of scientific rigor appropriate for Gold Standard Science.

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Manuel Kleiner @manuelkleiner.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

We are looking to hire a microbiology laboratory research technician here at NC State in Raleigh, NC. If you have experience in microbiology and/or LC-MS/MS please consider applying. Please repost! jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/234...

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Microbiology Laboratory Research Technician

The Kleiner Lab at North Carolina State University is seeking a Research Technician to support research focused on complex microbial communities, microbial symbioses, and metaproteomics. Reporting to ...

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Florian Wollweber @florianwollweber.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Exciting news! Our @erc.europa.eu StG project ARCHAEAOLOGY got funded 🎉 We’ll combine cryoET/EM, ExM & spatial omics to explore the subcellular organization of Asgard archaea. Job ads coming soon! 🦠 ❄️ 🔬 #TeamTomo #ArchaeaSky #MicroSky

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christoph_STCmicrobeblog @christophstc.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

in accordance with a resolution of the UN General Assembly, everyone – including scientists – is encouraged to use the 'Equal Earth Map' from now on (link to hi-res version in ALT) (www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...)

source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Equal-Earth-Map-0.jpg

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Roland Hatzenpichler @environmicrobio.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

The more we learn about microbes, the more we realize we cannot put them into neatly defined 'bins', just because it would make our work easier. Once thought to be strictly autotrophic ammonia oxidizers, we now realize AOA can be mixo/heterotrophs & use substrates other than ammonia (eg., cyanate)

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Roland Hatzenpichler @environmicrobio.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Congrats to my collaborator @florianwollweber.bsky.social for being awarded a very much deserved ERC Starting Grant for his Asgard research! I am looking forward to our continued work together!

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 28/08/2026

Jesus Christ: UC Berkeley international students will no longer be allowed to complete internships or co-ops for course credit unless they form an “integral part of an established curriculum,” following repeated threats from ICE. This is going to send shockwaves across SF and Silicon Valley

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George Schaible @quantaofgeorge.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Our new opinion piece is out! @tacaro.bsky.social How you measure a microbe shapes what you learn about it. We make the case for a microbial observer effect, and what it means for experimental design: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Roland Hatzenpichler @environmicrobio.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Join the lab of my wife and do some awesome organic chemistry with important medical implications under her new (second) NIH MIRA grant! Living in Bozeman as a bonus. (www.neufeldt-chemistry.com)

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Roland Hatzenpichler @environmicrobio.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Proposals switching to double anonymous review is just idiotic. We went from old dudes not citing their sources so they don’t have to share their IP to ‘you cannot say ‘private communication’ because how do we know you don’t make shit up’ to ‘this protects the sanctity of review’.

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Noam Ross @noamross.net · 21/08/2026

Three more days to comment on NSF's attempt to smuggle in OMB's already-rejected policies of terminating any grant without cause, gutting civil rights obligations and restricting international collaborations. Submit your comment today! Then call your representatives. 🧪

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Julia Meltzer @juliameltzer.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Excited to share what I've been working on with an incredible team! Visualisation of Asgard viruses on cell surfaces and vesicles, and a story of complex viral interactions. Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... @brendanburns999.bsky.social @belindaferrari.bsky.social @xabivc.bsky.social

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Morten Kam Dahl Dueholm @mkddueholm.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

And genus-level patterns don't tell the whole story. Looking at four important groups of polyphosphate-accumulating organisms, we found clear species-level differences in storage metabolism and denitrification potential. Closely related species can have quite different functional repertoires.

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Roland Hatzenpichler @environmicrobio.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Version 1.0 of my Microbe expansion for Terraforming Mars is finished. All cards are scientifically correct and thematic. Updates/changes described below. You can download them on my lab website (www.environmental-microbiology.com/media.html) or BGG (boardgamegeek.com/filepage/326...). Good gaming!

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The Probst Lab @probstlab.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

We're looking for a Postdoctoral Researcher (f/m/d) for the ERC Synergy project “Archean Park”! 📍 Location: Essen, Germany ⏱ Duration: 36 months (Full-time | EG 13 TV-L) 📅 Start Date: As soon as possible ⏰ Application Deadline: September 2, 2026 www.uni-due.de/karriere/ste...

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Roland Hatzenpichler @environmicrobio.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

@quantaofgeorge.bsky.social's interview with IFLScience on his PhD work on multicellular magnetotactic bacteria. I have a NASA proposal pending to continue this work ... www.iflscience.com/living-magne...

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Living Magnets: Meet the Bacteria That Can Sense Earth's Magnetic Field

Long before animals evolved magnetic navigation, bacteria were using microscopic compasses to thrive in a world of varied oxygen levels.

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Kaçar Lab at UW-Madison @kacarlab.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

🚨 Job alert! 🚨 Join the faculty at UW–Madison Bacteriology! We have two faculty searches: • Asst Prof (Microbial Communities & Bioeconomy) • Asst / Assoc / Full Prof (Systems & Synthetic Biology) Check out the open positions and apply👇 #FacultyJobs #SynBio #Microbiology #Astrobiology #Evolution

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Noah Whiteman @nkwhiteman.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I’m thrilled to share that our search for a tenure-track colleague in my *truly wonderful and collegial* Genetics, Genomics, Evolution and Development Division in the MCB Department at Berkeley @berkeleymcb.bsky.social is live! Please share this broad search widely: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05481

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Assistant Professor -Genetics, Genomics, Evolution, and Development - Molecular and Cell Biology

University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

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Marleen van Wolferen @marleenvw.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

With the 50th anniversary of #Archaea research coming up, read our latest review on one of its defining (and my favorite) model organisms: Sulfolobus acidocaldarius. #ArchaeaSky @archaellum.bsky.social, @sshamphavi.bsky.social, @michaelspaedt.bsky.social journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

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ASM @asm.org · 31/07/2026

Synthetic biology is advancing how scientists study early microbial life. Their findings could revolutionize how we think about Earth’s earliest residents—and those that exist today. asm.org/articles/202...

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Synthetic Biology Sheds Light on Microbial Evolution | ASM.org

Synthetic biology is advancing how scientists study early microbial life. Their findings could revolutionize how we think about Earth’s earliest residents—and those that exist today.

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Roland Hatzenpichler @environmicrobio.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Making plans for ISME? Consider these: Jacob Schimetz, Oral Present., AS27, Aug21, 14:30–14:45 Room 301-302, Stimulated Raman. Nicole Matos-Vega, Poster, PS3.15.070, Aug20, 16:30-17:30, Methanogen metabolism & mangroves. Zackary Jay, Poster, PS3.15.026, Aug20, 16:30-17:30, Ecology of methanogens.

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